- Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. --Anon
- If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge. --Henry Spencer
- Be careful about using the following code -- I've only proven that it works, I haven't tested it. --Donald Knuth
- The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. --Bertrand Russell
- The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. --Tom Cargill
- For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. --H L Mencken
- The Six Phases of a Project: - Enthusiasm
- When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a dialogue do you expect ?" --Thomas Sowell
- Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. --Bill Gates
- Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations. --Conway's Law
- Disillusionment
- Panic
- Search for the Guilty
- Punishment of the Innocent
- Praise for non-participants
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